R help - Jul 2010 - quantstrat and blotter unavailable

These packages were not available. Are these the only places to go for
backtesting technical trading systems other than ttrTests pls?

> install.packages("quantstrat",
repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")
Warning in install.packages("quantstrat", repos = "
http://R-Forge.R-project.org") :
  argument 'lib' is missing: using
'C:\Users\Owner\Documents/R/win64-library/2.11'
Warning: unable to access index for repository
http://R-Forge.R-project.org/bin/windows64/contrib/2.11
Warning message:
In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
  package ‘quantstrat’ is not available
> library(blotter)
Error in library(blotter) : there is no package called 'blotter'


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'Raghu'

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On Jul 10, 2010, at 3:32 AM, Raghu wrote:
> These packages were not available. Are these the only places to go for
> backtesting technical trading systems other than ttrTests pls?
Is it possible that your install packages default for your unnamed OS  
is binary or win-binary and that these packages are only available in  
source?
>> install.packages("quantstrat",
repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")
> Warning in install.packages("quantstrat", repos = "
> http://R-Forge.R-project.org") :
>  argument 'lib' is missing: using
> 'C:\Users\Owner\Documents/R/win64-library/2.11'
> Warning: unable to access index for repository
> http://R-Forge.R-project.org/bin/windows64/contrib/2.11
> Warning message:
> In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
>  package ?quantstrat? is not available
>> library(blotter)
> Error in library(blotter) : there is no package called 'blotter'
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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT